From Mika’il Tsoho,Dutse
No fewer than 340 community groups of women and men have engaged by Save the Children International (SCI) while 1450 people received empowerment packages in Kiyawa local government area of Jigawa state.
The chief of party Save the Children International Dr Isah Adamu dropped the hint while handing over the empowerment packages to the beneficiaries in Andaza town.
He explained that, as part of effort to address phneumonia and improve nutrition for children, SCI funded by GSK spent almost two years given support and interventions through 340 women and men groups in Kiyawa local government.
Dr Adamu maintained that, the gesture is to support that 340 groups with some interventions for them to have strength and continue providing interventions for themselves.
According to him, with that little empowerment packages, it can help them to take care with medicines, means of attending near-by hospital and provision of nutritious foods for their children.
He then assured more interventions and urged the beneficiaries to use the packages appropriately for achieving the desired goals.
The empowerment packages include grinding machines, fertilizer, sprayer machines, seeds, sewing machines, goats, barbing equipments among many other equipments.
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